About the Owner: Brad Owen is the President of Clarion Construction, a Southern California general contractor specializing in cold storage construction, food processing facilities, clean rooms, and insulated metal panel (IMP) systems. With decades of experience in temperature-controlled construction, Brad shares practical insights to help facility owners, developers, and contractors make informed decisions about specialized commercial and industrial building projects.
Turn Key General Contractor
Pacific Seafood
Wilmington, CA
Clarion was able to convert an existing open-air dock into a 1,400 sq. ft. cold space. By fabricating a custom, galvanized-steel structure, and pairing with Metl-span exterior wall and roof panel system, Clarion was able to gain a large space in a small working area. Clarion partnered with Source Refrigeration to install all process room grade refrigeration equipment. The new dock required a dry overhead fire sprinkler system with a dry air compressor. Clarion formed and poured a 21 sq. ft. ice melting pit with a circulating glycol under floor-warming system, and added all up to date LED lighting and energy efficient equipment.
As required by the Los Angeles City Building Department, Clarion installed a self-contained biofiltration planter. The concept is for all the rooftop water to pour into this collection pit. With vapor barrier block walls and multiple layers of rock/sediment, this filters all polluted rain that would be running to the ocean.
Project Features:
- 1,400 sq. ft. cold dock with 3 truck positions
- Custom galvanized steel structure
- Metl-Span exterior wall and roof panel system
- Edey man doors and sliders
- Complete dry fire sprinkler system
- Glycol heated ice melting pit
